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TWENTY-SECOND YEAH. HOUSTON.
TEXAS
TUESDAY. JANUARY 15; 1007. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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NEGRO TROOP ORDER
PRINCIPALS OF TODAY'S INAUGURATION
FRIENDS OF BAILEY
TRIUMPH IN SENAT
CAN NOT BE REVOKED
President Denied Right of; Congress to Interfere in
; Discharge of Men at Brownsville. '
Upper House of Legislature Adopted Substitute to
the Objectionable Resolution. '-
ADMITTED AN ERROR
la barring the Alen from the
J-.CiYilServ!ceT
jIAtification of action
Furdy Report Submitted with Claim
v " It Left No Doubt in Matter.''"
ABSORBING TOPIC AT CAPITAL
Judication Are that the Question Will
BeCarried Over Into the Next Con-'
. . pes Visitors Throng Galler- .
- ies to Hear .the Debates.
' v . (Houston Poll Washington Bureau. :
- TTABHINOTON January 14.-Another mes-
sage from th president on tha subject and
more speech making tn the senate crowded
' galleries with the end not yet In sight.' was
.the day's developments In the Brownsville
affair. The president's message transmit-
ted to the senate the results of the Investi-
gation by Purdyand Blocksom together with
Secretary of War Taft't) report thereon.
The testimony covers -two hundred print-
ed pages. In the president's opinion It
thoroughly substantiates the charge that the
' "shooting up" of the town was done .by
soldiers of the Twenty-fifth infantry and
Justifies his action In dismissing the three
companies. '
The president literally "delivers the
goods" for along with-the message he sent
to the senate the empty Springfield shells
clips and bullets gathered from the scene
of the rioting. The president says he Is
within-his authority tn this and be alcne can
revoke the order of. dismissal.
A feature of the message is the president's
frank admission that he erred In barring
" tho discharged soldiers" from future civil
employment in the government . Having
found that such action "lacked In validity"
he announces that he has revoked that por-
ftfvntt tb orderj5o:dl8eharge.. .
' It new seems assured that the inquiry It
ordered will not be finished by the time ion-
' gress adjourns March 1. This would mean
. that the Brownsville case will be injected
Into the first session of the Sixtieth congress
and last from start to finish for over a year."'
Democrats' as a rule dejpreclae .Tillman's
attitude as impolitic if not illogical. He
seems to neutralise much of public opinion
which might otherwise have proved helpful
to the South.
" TEXT OP THE MESSAGE. . . '
. To tho Senate; Inrny message to the sen-
ate treating of the dismissal without honor
of certain named members of the three com-
panies of the Twenty-fifth infantry- I gaNje
the reports of officers upon which the dis-
missal was based. These reports were made
In' acdordawce with the custom In such cases;
for It .would of course be Impossible to pre-
serve discipline in the army save by pur-
suing precisely the course that In this case
was pursued. Inasmuch however ns In the-
senate question was raised as to the suffi-
ciency of evidence I deemed It wise to send
Major Blocksom and Assistant to the Attor-
ney General Purdy to Brownsville to make a
thorough Investigation on the ground in ref-
erence to the matter. I herewith transmit
Secretary Taft 'a-report and the testimony
taken under oath of the various witnesses
examined tn the coarse of the investigation
I also submit various exhibits including
maps of Brownsville and Fort Browii pho-
tographs of various buildings a letter from
Judge Parks to his wife together with a
bandoleer thirty-three empty shells seven
ball cartridges and four clips picked up in
the streets of Brownsville within a few hours
after the shooting; three steel Jacketed bul-
. lets and some scraps of the casings of other
-bullets picked. out of the houses into which
they had been fired. A telegram from United
States Commissioner R. B. Creager at
Brownsville announces that six additional
bullets like the others from Springfield
riflMk taken from buildings in Brownsville.
with supporting affidavits have since been
ent to the secretary of war.
. THE CRIMES COMMITTED.
' It appears from the testimony that ' on
the night of August t 1906 several crimes
were 'committed by some person or persons
In the city of Brownsville among them:
(a) The murder of Frank Natus;
: (b) The assault with Intent to kill the
lieutenant of police' Domlnguez whose horse
was killed under him- and whose arm was
hot so severely that It had to be amputated.
(c) The assault with Intent to kill Mr. and
Mrs. Hale Odin and their little boy who
were tn the window of the Miller hotel.
(d) The shooting Into soveral private resi-
dences In the oity of Brownsville three of
them containing women and children. ' '
(e) The shooting at and slightly wounding
of Preclado.
-- .-These crimes were certainly committed by
somebody.
As to the motive for the commission of the
crimes It appears that troumes of a more or
less serious kind naa occurrea netween m-
tvldual .members of the companies and In-
ivldual (citizens of Brownsville. culminating
In complaints which resulted tn the soldiers
being confined to the limits oUhe garrison
on tne evening or me any m question. -The
evidence as will be seen shows be-
yond any possibility of honest question thai
some Individuals among tha colored troops
whom I have dismissed committed the out-
rages mentioned; and that some or all of the
other Individuals whom I dismissed had
knowledge of-the deed and shielded from the
law those who committed It.
I anabstjbd"8uoooestion.
The only motive suggested as possibly In-'
ftuenclng anyone else wss a desire to get rid
of the colored troops so strong that it im-
pelled the citizens of Brownsville to snoot up
their Own houses' to kill one of-their own
number to assault their' own police - wound-
(rig the lieutenant who had been an officer''
for twenty years J1 with the purpose bf dis-
crediting the negro troops. The suggestion
Is on Its face so ludicrously impossible that
It is difficult to treat It as honestly" sfie6X'
This theory supposes that the assailants sue-
uuO"T'.ri " nrriiri - - - pi -rririmnnr
' (Continued on Page Five.)'
CRUELTY TO CHUDEEKT
Humane Society to Stop Employ-
ment of Boy Jookeya.
t Amciated Prtu Report.) v
LOS ANGELES Cel. January 14.-
Local authorities of tha National Se-v
olsty for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children have served notice on the
officials of tha Ascot Park to cease .
J allowing Jockeys under IS years old to
be employed at the track or prose-
' cutlons -will be instituted. '
DEPUTIES SWAMPED
HE ABLY A THOUSAND OIL THUS!
INDICTMENTS IN OHIO.
Standard Oil Its Allied Companies and
Officen Are Charged With Monop-
oly in Restraint of Trade. :
i
" (Associated Press Report.)
FINDLAY Ohio Jfcnuary ll-The January
panel of the Hancock grand Jury which
lias been In session for the past week re-
ported this evening at ( o'clock to Judge'
Scroth who Is temporarily occupying the
bench of Judge Duncanr-In the report there
were 939 separate Indictments against the
Standard OH company of New Jersey the
Standard OH company of Ohio the Ohio Oil
company the Buckeye Pipe Line company
and the Solar Refining -company the Man-
hattan Oil company John D. Rockefeller
Vl. II. Rogers Wesley Tllford John D.
Archbold F. Q. Barstow- William Rocke-
feller nnd F. T. Cuthbert. They are. formal-
ly charged with being members of a trust
In conspiracy against trade. ' "
There are 626 words In each Indictment
or a total of 452975 words. Each case will
bo docketed separately and the county
clerk's and sheriffs offices will be swamped
for months to come. Sheriff Groves and his
deputies will begin at once to serve a copy)
of the Indictment on each of the defendants.
Prosecutor David said tonight that he
purposely heVd off action until the salary
taw affecting county officials became effeo.'.
tive as he did not wish to run up. i big
cost bill which would hays resulted Under
the old fee system. If Hancock wins In
each case when they are tried fines can be
assessed aggregating $58000009. When the
report of the grand Jury was filed. Prose-
cutor Pavld cn his own action milled the
Indictments returned last September against
John D. Rockefeller M. G. Vilas. J. M.
Robertson and H. P. MclntosH. the laat
three named being officials of the Btandard
Oil company of Ohio."
The Indictments charge the Standard Oil
company and Its subsidiary companies with
being members of a trust and-combination
for the following purposes: To establish re-
strictions In trade and commerce; to limit
and reduce the production of petroleum and
Its products; to prevent Ampetltlon in the
production sale and manufacture transport-
ing and rendering of petroleum and Its
products between themselves and others to
fix at a common standard figure the price
of petroleum and its products to the public
and to consumers. The indictments are
based on tho Valentine anti-trust act of
Ohio. .
The Cases in Missouri.
tAiioctattA Prtsi Kifort.i
ST. LOUIS Mo. January 14. United States
Judges Sanborn1 Adams and Hook Issued an
or'der fixing January 30 as the date of the
hearing on tho motions filed by defendants
in tho suits brought by the government
against the Standard Oil company and its
subsidiary cmpanles to have the court set
sslde the subpoenas In the case. The mo-
tion was made on behalf of John D. Rocke-
feller H. II. Rogers J. D. Archbold and
others who were served by United States
marshal in New York and elsewhere after
the suit had been filed in St. Louis.
AMERICAN SYNDICATE HURT.
King Alfonso Arbitration Decision An-
nuls a Valuable Concessions
. Mention Pttt XptaaU V
NEW ORLEANS La. July 14.-News has
been received here of an arbitration award
by King Alfonso of Spain in favor of the
republic of Honduras which seriously af-
fects a large American Investment In Cen-
tral America. The losers are the Dietrich
syndicate made up of Pittsburg capitalists
for they have Invested upward of halt a mil-
lion dollars on the strength of a Nlcuraguan
concession on Honduras territory which Is
nullified by the award of King Alfonso. The
territory comprises 0000 square miles In Hon-
duras Just north of the Coco river the boun-
dary between Nicaragua and Honduras. In
1892 President Zelaya made an arrangement
with President Poltcarpo Bonllla of Hon-
duras recognising his right to grant the con-
cession but when - President Manuel BonlHs
came Into power be repudiated the agree-
ment and this nearly provoked war between"
the two republics. Commissions of arbitra-
tion were appointed and after a long ses-
sion In Madrid with King Alfonso as umpire
Manuel Bonllla was upheld and the conces-
sion nullified the king declaring that tha
territory was unquestionably that of Hon-
duras Over which Nicaragua had no rights.
The Dietrich syndicate had a good thing un-
der the concession with mining planting
timber and graslng rights alt exclusive and
a half dozen subsidiary companies had been
formed to carry on the various phases of de-
velopment - ' y.
DIED FROM DRINKING WATER -"
Ship Entering Mobile Reported Crew
Badly Crippled. -
'': (Attocuxlei Prut Kefirl.)
MOBILE Ala.. January. 14. Two deaths
and three .sltk from berl-bert Is the rei
port of Captain Larsenjof the Norwegian!
bark Gulfpojrt that arrived In port early to-
day from Sekoude on the Gold coast of
West Africa. Disease was caused by drink-
ing water. When the vessel landed la the
river here three of the crew were removed
tn err ambulance la a serious cwndJUoa to s
sanitarium.
I . .- " . ''
T. M CAMPBELL
J. J. flill Explains the "Railroad Situation I
j And Offers Remedy in Letter to Gov. Johnson j
1 'I 11 rTTTT I B I B I sjj aTTaTTsi isiiaiiziiaiiBjisaiaiSssaaiij.
1 (Autcialtd Prtu Rtforl.)
8T. PAUL January 14. President J. J.
HIH of the Great Northern today sent a let-
ter to Governor Johnson tn which he gives
bis view on the various phases of the rail-
road situation In the United States the rea-
sons for the existing conditions and a rem-
edy. . Mr. Hill sets out at length what in his
opinion Is responsible for the existing situa-
tion and what should.be dans to remedy It. -
The Western country has grown ao fast
that the Railroads have been unable to keep
pace with It Mr. Hill says and he believes
the building of additional trackage la the best
solution of the problem. He says It would
require a permanent Investment of 11100009"
000 a yea for five years to provide the rati-
roadv'Aslth .means' t' handle properly- the.
business already In sight and not allowing
(or future growth. Mr. Hill In bis letter sayst
"The best Judgment cf many conservative
railroad men In the (country ts that an Im-
mediate addition of not less than five per
cent per annum to the railroad trackage of
the country for say five years should be
made to relieve the situation and put an
end to unreasonable delays In the transac-
tion of business. Ouf total railroad mileage
Is about 220000. A twenty-five per cent In-
crease would mean the building of 66000
miles of new trackage much of which would
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MUST GIVE EVIDENCE
IMPORTANT DECISION IN ARK AN-
- 8AS SUPREME COURT.
Foreign Corporation Fined for Refus-
ing to Testify Before Speoial Com-
missioner at Chicago.
' (Auociattd Prut Rtftrt.)
LITTLE ROCK Ark.. January 14-The
supreme mourt today renderad an opinion
which establishes a preccdont In the manner
of securing evidence from corporations do-
ing business In several States.. The deci-
sion was lit the suit against the Hammond
Packing company a foreign corporation.
The lower court assessed a fine of (10000
against the packing company because Its
attorneys refused to permit the taking of
testimony before a special commissioner in
Chicago several months ago.
The supreme court todny ruled that the
clause of the Arkansas anti-trust act pro-
viding for the taking of testimony In an-
other State Is constitutional. The court holds
that a foreign corporation Is Just as liable
to prosecution as a local corporation and
the State has a right to force corporation
officials In other States to testify and pro-
duce records before a special commissioner
In that Bute to bo used In suits brought
by the State of Arkanuus against these cor-
poratlons -.
! The decision makes it possible for the at-
torney general of Arkansas to secure the ap-
pointment of a special commlsfloner In any
State for the purpose of securing evidence
from officials of any corporation doing busi-
ness In Arkansas but whose books and gen-
eral offices are ouuride the State. .
WRECK ON ROCK ISLAND.
Fasenger Ran Into Freight and Several
Persons Reported Killed.
iAnuKiaM Priu Report.) 4- .
- KANSAS CITT January 14-Rock Island
passenger train No. 1095 which left here at
: tonight collided with a freight train
No.- 22t at Waldron seven miles north1 of
Parkvllle Mo. nd it Is reported that three
trainmen are dead and a number of passen-
gers injured. It Is known that a fireman and
a baggageman were killed and an engineer Is
missing. The freight train was on a switch
which had been left open and the passenger
train going at full speed ran Into the
switch and craBhed ln.to the freight train.
The latter engine wna ditched" and the pas-.
sCiaVtwenglne ploughed through the freight
cars smsshing and derailing them until It
W A rIUifdtrain left Leavenworth! twelve
miles from tbe scene bearing physicians and
officials. No newspaper-reporter accompanied
the relief -train and only meagre details are
obtainable.. ' ' ;"
' Plant Closed by Strike-. v
Awc&M Preu Report.) Lf : J.
.CHICOPEB Mass. January 14.Tni plant
of tbe Chi copse Manufacturing company
was oloaed today with the exception of the
shipping room because of a strike ef 7o
polish employee for an advance la wages.
About liwo operatives are Idle'
GowDor.
A B. DAVID805 Lieutenant Governor;
be additional tracks to existing lines.' and
if five years were allowed for the work It
Would be necessary to build 10099 eaoh year.
But that Is not alt. One-third would have
to be added to this amount for terminal and
passing tracks. Add thirty-three per cent to
K.C00 mile and the total Is 78331 miles or.
say before the end of five yean In round
numbers 000 miles of track as the require
ment for ie country to meet Immediate
needs .. ..--.v..-.
"No practical man -would accept a oon-
tract for lurnlabmg the facilities required
including additional equipment and terminal
facilities for less than tTE.OOO per mils. The
queitlon of terminals alone Is almost prohib-
itive. In many cities It le not even a ques-
Uoa of cost since the area necessary to
handle railroad business property is not to
be had at any price. The new work then
would amount to tS.&O00OR0UO In round num-
bers or a yearly appropriation of tUOO.OOC-
oeuy That Is tho sum which should be spent
before tyie commerce of the country can be
moved properly. It Is Just twlcs the total
arriount of the bonded debt of the United
States' at the clo of the olvll war. It la
more than twice the currency In circulation
ln the country. There mint be more
points for export more interior mar-
kets. A fifteen-foot canal or channel from
St Louis to New. Orleans would go further
SUMMARY OF NEWS
THE WEATHER.
(AaHa:id PrfXt Report.)
WASHINGTON January It. East Texas-
Fair in south ram and colder In north portion
Tuesday. Wednesday fair colder ; probably frees.
ing temperature In north sortiona. wiodi becoming
north and brisk.
Weat Texas Rain Tuesday powibly inow in
tbe Panhandle; much colder in tbe north. Fair
Wedneidav colder in southeast portion.
' New Mexico-'-Snow In north rain in south por.
tion Tueiday. . Wednesday fair except anow In-
north portion. . ;
Oklahoma and Indlun Territory Much solder
Tueiday cold wave. Wednesday fair.
Arkansas Rain Tuesday possibly snow In ths
northwest portion; much colder; cold wars in
north sad central portion. ' Wednesday fair.
Louisiana Fair Tuesday rala and much colder
at rrhjht and Wednesday; winds becoming north
and fresh.
-Legislative.
A : RESOLUTION putting lobbyists under con-
tempt waa introduced in tbe house.
A BILL waa introduced In the house providing
for the repeal of the occupation tax law.
T'.'r'. LOONEV substitute to tha Senter Bailey
investigation resolution was adopted in the
senate. -'.
THE RESOLUTION supporting President Rooae-
vclt's stand in the iltownsville alfair was
adopted by the house..
SENATOR SEN'TKK spake from MS to $.10
i. m. in an effort lo delay action on the Bailey
nveatigation resolutions in tbe senate.
' Domestio '
NEARLY 1000 indictments were returned against
tbe oil trust in Ohio.
SEVERAL TtRSONS are reported killed in a
1 wreck on the Korlt Island st Waldron Mo.
ANTITRUST Sl ITS wire Instituted . in Missis-
sippi tor. penalties aggregating 111000.000.
THE BALLOT nOXES in the mayoralty dispute
at New York were taken from the attorney
i. general . ....... . .. ... ..
1lf. SUPREME COURT ot Arkansas ruled that
a foreign corporation must testify before a ape-
cial commissioner.
tHE OPENING session of the Arliansii' legisla-
ture tied up over the speakership and threateneal
i to expel a mcinbrr.
. " Washington.
THE PRESIDENT In submitting the Purdy re-
. port denied the right of congress to revoke his
order dismissing the negro troops without honor.
SENATOR FOKAKKR atarted another heated dis-
cussion in the wnate by refusing to be con-
" yinced y tbe ptesident'e segro troop aiesaage.
Foreign . .
KING ALFONSO'S arlltration m Honduras de-
prived aa American syndicate of valuable con-
cessiona. - - . h " ' .
.... -
- . -. Texas. . '"
CHARLES' CLAHK SR. died'st Galveston
ARGUMENT was begun in the Poole murder
Uisl at Beaumonee : i ;. ; .. .
SEVEN JURYMEN vera secured in the Eldridge
. ease st BcHvillc.
CARL WAHNSCHAPFK a veteran ef two ware
r committed auicide at San Antonio. .
' TWO FINELY dTrswd Mexican woman were ar-
; rested at Laredo (or smuggling v
PROF. JAMES F. CREJEB died from injuries
received in a runaway accident st Waco
GOVERNOR CAMPBELL made trip from Pales- f
tin ta Austin to assume kw executive duties. I
A BAILEY PETITION containing nearly a tW
to relieve the entire Middle West and South-
wast than any other work that could be
undertaken. With such a depth of water a
Ingle powerful towboat would carry thirty
to forty tralnloada.
"It Is not by accident that tha railroad
building has declined to Its lowest at tho
very time when all other forms ot activity
have been growing most rapidly.
"The Investor declines to put his stnoney
Into enterprises ander ban of unpopelartty
nd even threatened by Individuals and polit-
ical parties with confiscation or transfer to
the Mate. This feeling must be removes
and greater confidence mutually established
It any considerable portion ot thevast sum
bow necessary ts to b available for the
MTU. . ' - ..tii.4...ia-.-' ''
... -"First therernust be realisation by. the
country of the embargo Cn business and of
the fact that the cause Is Insufficient rail-
road trackage. This fact has strangely
enough come upon the people by surprise.
It will require the best thought and tha beat
effort of this generation to avert the evil that
now casts Its shadow upon farmer and mer-
chant and manufacturer to allay the paraly-
sis that Is laying Its grip on the heart of
commerce and to restore the wholesome con-
dition without which there can not be life
and growth in either the people or the com-
monwealth." ' '
CHARLES CLARKE SR.
MEMBER OF BIQ DREDQLN0 COM-
PANY DEAD.
Had Been 111 for Long While Firm
Has Many GorernmeatTontraots
in Texa Waters.
Houston Pott Special.)
GALVESTON Texas January K-Charlea
Clarke Sr. died tonight at 7:10 aftor a lin-
gering Illness. The deceased was president
of the Bowers Southern Dredging company
and senior member of the contracting firm
ot Clarke it Co. having many of the gov-
ernment dredging eontraote. -
sand name's waa received by the Anderson
county legislators at Austin from Palestine.
Railroads.
.THE T k B. V. waa autholtsd to Issue HU.000
bonds.
THE PULLMAN company charges the Texsa rail-
road commission baa no Jurisdiction over aleeper
rates. .-
OFKICIAJJS of the Baltimore and Ohio claimed
train aeaidenta often result from overworked
crews. V .... :
THE INTANGIBLE assets tax caae was submit-
ted on oral argument to the Texas supreme
. court.
SOUTH TEXAS railroads are to provide refrtg-
. erator cars for truck growers' shipments to
Northern markets. .. .
-- .- :..
.' -": '. Sport.
NINE SPOT defeated Alma Boy In what came
near being a dead beat at Frisco.
JERRY C waa one of three otitsidera.to land at
City Park.: ilia odds were 80 to 1.
Commercial.
redrvi
WHEAT recovered an early decline and tbe close
waa strong at an advance.
BOTH CATTLE and hogs were lower' st Fort
Worth with the supplies liberal..
COFFEE was Influenced to a decline by the cables
but moat of the loss waa regained:.
STOCKS . started out with brisk demand ' but
lapsed into dullness with final prices lower.
.:". :V'.V;.H:;. Houston. -. v .:
BUSINESS LEAGUE meets at 4 o'clock this
sfternoon. . '
ST. PAUL'S Methodist church around-breaking
' exercises at 11 o'clock.
MEETING of ths No-Tiu-Oh assoclstioa tonight
. at S o'clock for election of officers
THE SCHOOL BOARD met last night and named
" two ef tbe city schools
HON. TOM BALL dfscuaws appropriation for
.. the Houston ship channel. -
LARGE DELEGATION went to Austin to be
94sant st the Inaugural of Governor Campbell
THE RICE Farmers' association discussed grad-
ing warehouse elevators planting and water
' rent yeaterday. -
Kansas Inauguration.
fAuteialed Fttse Retort.) 1
TOPEKA. Xaa.. January IL Zdwant w.
Hoch and tho other new republican State
officers were inaugurated here today TW
Is Grcrsroor Hoch's saoond tsrm : --. .
LOVE MAKES STATEMENT.
Speaker ot House Will Votj for
Senator Bailey.
Houston Pott Special) v J
AUSTIN Texas January 14.-
Speaker T.- B. Love tonight Issued a
long statement' addressed to the
democracy of Dallas county explain- J
ing why he will vote for tha re-elao-
tlon of Senator J.. W. Bailey. Ha eays
that he will ' follow the Instructions
given hlra In the Dallaa county prl- f
inarlea' . ' " v '
A FAIR SQUARE DEAL
FRIENDS OF BALLET DETERMINED
TO HAVE XT.
Are Standing hy Their Original Pe-
tition and Have Not Fudged
One Iota.
' (fasjlo Part Sptciti.) "
AUSTIN Texas. January 14. -A. M. Ken-
nedy gave out the following tonight!
"The friends of Senator Bailey so far aa
I am advised ere standing by their original
position and here not budged one Iota. That
is to say they are perfectly willing as tl
Mr Batloy for the house to provide for
an Investigation provided he be not required
to answer vague and Indefinite rumors and
calumnies but that tho party or parties
making these charges shall have the cour-
age to come out In the open and specify
what offense lf any the senator has com-
mlttea which would unfit him to represent
the people of this great commonwealth la
the United States senate . y -"Furthermore
we do not and will never
concede that It Is right and proper to send
a junketing Committee to 8t Louis New
York and eleewhoro with an unlimited ex-
pense account taken from the taxpayers of
Texas but without a single power cn earth
aa every sane man must know that a com-
mlttee of a Texas legislature would have so
power whatever outside of thta State.
"Now our opponents as least those gentle'
men who have been delegated t do the talk
fag and some ot the utifrleudjy press seetrt
to be engaged In a desperate eriort to maae
the people of the State believe that the frlende
of Senator Bailey are resorting to evelry too-
tle known to parliamentary law to defeat
the consideration of the resolution. Those
informed know full well that I mad a fair
proposition to the advocate of the Duncan
resolution which had It been accepted
would have put this rssolutlon before the
house twelve hours before It really was. It
Is also a fact that the earns proposition that
I made wae aerpted on laet Saturday and
we are now" proceeding under that agree-
ment. i.. ':' ' -.
"All we want la a fair and a equsre deal
and we are going to fight tor that to the last
ditch andVe believe a majority of the house
agree with us that our proposition Is tbe
only fair one. And as ha been etated by
Senator Bailey It provide for a better and
a more thorough and searching Investigation
than the Duncan resolution only the charge
made must be specific. Those who seek to
curry public favor and to Install prejudice
against Senator Bailey and hi friends ehotild
tio longer resort to th cry of "Wolf I
"As I am writing this Senator Senter Is be-
ginning the sixth hour ot a long speech
against time In th senate. That la about
twice aa much time a ha been used by all
of those who opposed the original Duncan
resolution but they can't fool tho people any
longer. r They and not us ar the real fili-
busters." '
wseaa
ANTI-TRUST SUITS
In Mississippi Affeot Texas Street
. ' Railways.
Axottale Prtu Karsef.l
VICKBBURQ January 14. The State of
Mississippi through Jams T Hamas dis-
trict attorney today filed a second suit
against th Southern Electric Securities
company ef New Jersey th Interstats Trust
and Banking company of New Orleans and
eighteen -Individuals' livtstcln various part
of th country charging them with violat-
ing the anti-trust law ot th State. Th
second suit was brought to tnotud Bam B.
Hughes vice-president of the Vlcksburs)
Railway and Light company up today and
C. J. Tenner elected vice-president of th
same concern today. It la in the nature of
an amendment to a bill filed Sunday which
charged that the antl-truat law had been
violated and In addition enjoined the corpo-
rations and Individuals made- defendant
from participating tn tbe annual meeting to-
day of th stockholder of the Vlokaburg
Railway and Light company. The suits af-
fect the right and title to th local corpo-
ration and also to th former street railway
end. light companies situated hi Beaumont
Texas Jennings La. atfjj Notches Mlee.
It Is charged that ths defendants have
formed a vottns; pool or trust for tbe purpoae
of controlling the stock of the Vlckati j
Railway and Light company and other cor-
porations and ask that they be made to pay
the penalties provided by the an tt -trust law.
It the maximum penalty waa to be recovered
from each defendant the total would ag-
gregate $11000000.
PETITION FOR PARDON.
(Citizens Pity Mitsissippiaa Sentenced
v for Embezzlement.
(Atnriaied Prtu Report.)
JACJtBON. January 14-Unlted State
Marshal Strauss left for Atlanta tonight
with Ben S. Adams and two other prisoner
sentenced to the Federal prison. - Adam was
cashier of th Cltlsene' National bank at
Vlckseurg nd embessled 10000. Kvery en(
6f this money he has paid back and when
arraigned In the Federal court pleaded guilty
and was given a sentence of five years. A
petition Is now being signed asking Presi-
dent Roosevelt to pardon Adams. Much
sympathy la felt for Adam who Is a young
man ;wlth a wife v young eulld and a
invalid father. '.; -TT.
RENTER S0UGHTDELAY
Held
Floor Six Hours Try:;-
to Prevent Action.1'
WAS RULED OUT OF ORuH
Majority Refused to Adjourn
Dallas Man Speaking..
BODY LOST ITS BOASTED DIGNITY
Speaker Punned Every Known Snbjec
and Lounged and Sat During Hit
Tirades-Senator Griggs Voted
for Substitute.
(Houston Pttt StfPSpcUL)
AUSTIN Texa January 14--It was 1:30
tonight when th senate adjourned Mr. Sen-
ter having apoken from l:li pv m. until 1:20
and after he was ousted from the floor en
point ot order beoauso he was pursuing
dilatory tootle tor delay th eubstltute
resolution providing for an investigation of-
fered by Senator Looney waa adopted.
Senator Senter' effort to delay then-
elderstlon ot th resolution was long and
ttreeom to him wall as to members of
th senate. Ther war sixteen senator who
bvould not agreed to adjourn with Senter
occupying; th Soor. However 8nlly. when
h had spoken mora than six hours the
point of order was made by Senator Cham-
ber that he wss speaking only to "delay
proceedings and was oAit of order. The
chair (Senator Brachfleld presiding) ver-
ruled the point of order because a pre-
siding officer he did not know that Mr
Senter was Speaking for delay. But when
th roll was railed Senator Brachfleld voted
to overrule hi own ruling because aa a
ntor he knew that It was for delay lu
this way Senter loet the floor t -
Ther waa an ffort to amend the resolu-
tion but th sixteen voted against th
amendments. ( . . . .. v .... . T -
FltuUty.hen the moUon wss mad to
adopt the substitute it was carried by a vote
of eighteen-to twelve -Ortarg and Masteraon
voting with th sixteen having prior Id that
time been voting with th Senter people.
If Mr. Senter expected to have any Influ-
ence In the senate he ha lost th hope 'on
senator said tonight! "No such Insult has
ever been offered the eenat as the set of
Mr Senter; no senator has ever epent six
hours sitting on a desk with his feet al-
ternately propped and dangling and talking
In a rambling manner aa waa don. Th
mistake w mad wa In allowing it Th
boasted senatorial dignity waa lost today."
It waa th longest speech made to delay
matters that is remembered tn the senate.
In th Twenty-seventh legislature Senator
Dlbrell talked th eight-hour bill to death
on th laat day but he did not occupy as
much tlm a Mr. Benton ;:;
ATTEMPT To"IlJLAY ACTION."
The responsibility for delay In th consid-
eration ot th Bailey resolution th filibus-
tering tli tricks ot parliamentary proceed-
ings and tha tactic ot the politician rests
upon th shoulder of B. O. Senter senator
from Dallas and tho ot th senate with
him In th tight
Mr. Senter Into this). venlng said he could
apeak until noon tomorrow. Why he sought
to kill tlm waa not dlsoloeed. "Why h want-
ed to prevent a vote on th resolution waa
not disclosed: bnt that h wa resorting to
filibustering wa shown beyond question and
tonight. Ballsy and antl-BsUlay people were
disgusted with him. He mad hi (tart m
th eenat with many o aligned against htm
that tt will take a long tlm to heal the
breach. . -. .. r. . :' . .
At S o'clock tonight tt wa th avowed in-
tention of Mr. Senter to hold th floor all
n'.ght He discussed th beauties of East
Texas the relative merit of Dallaa and San '
Antonio told anecdote ot Major Perm the.
Baptlet evangelist 'of more than a Quarter
of a century ago' in Texa' and now and
then h touched side and edges ot the Bailey
proposition.'.-' -1-
Thus It appeared that th charge that has
been mad from day to day that the sup-
porter ot Mr. Bailey are delaying th inves-
tigation la not true. . In fact. It shows on
tte face and I mad apparent by th action
ot th senator from Dallaa that they ar
forced . to resort to filibustering and tor
what purpoae it I Impossible to understand.
There were elxteen members of th senate
who were standing hitched against him. He
endeavored to get ' an " adjournment be-
cause h wa physically nnabl to continue
th contest but he would not agree to a
motion to adjourn except that It be apon
th understanding that ha yield tor that
and he was to have the floor .when th ton-
ale resumed it session. This tbe sixteen
would not agree to. They were Alexander
Barrett Brachfleld Chamber Harbison
Harper Hudspeth Kellle Looney. Meachum.
Faulua Smith Stone Terrell Watson and
Willacy. These are all old-timers except
Alexander Kellle- and -Watson and they
know how It la to stind hitched tor an all-
nlcht aesslon.
. They have been there before and they
were a determined from the beginning of
the proposition to stay till break ot day as
Mr. Senter waa to continue bis speech.
However th sixteen were ell more able
to stand the strain than I Mr. Senter.
Mr. Banter excoriated Senator Bailey. Ho
aid some very hard thing about th sena-
tor In the course ot hia remarks and re-
peated charge ef all kind agalnat him but
not once wa he willing to say be believed
these charges to be true or that he woul i
assert any one ot the charges en his own
responsibility. He lay: "It Is said" "It i
suggested." 'Tt ts atated" "It Is - un1r-
stood" "1 assume" and "There is conjunc-
ture and then he wondered that Mr. Hni-
ly ITiena ao nos wsm wie junior u.-
tnr I
tarn
Mr. Senter secured tn- floor at Il:4S m
talked until U: p. mA When thea.M.
reconvened at I o'clock "he still had
floor hd he talked U the afternoon i
Into the night. He did not stand t
bis desk and address the ewnat in a
ous manner as the rules r"inu.
lounged at time and- at ether t.
sat up en hi desk-with one foot i
eh air.
lie talked tn a. rambling manner c"
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